2004/11/14

Russell Jones Dead at 35

Russell Jones, A.K.A.-Old Dirty Bastard, A.K.A.-Dirt McGirt, A.K.A.-Big Baby Jesus, A.K.A.-Dirt Dog died last night in a recording session after complaining he'd been having chest pains. No other news is available at the moment.


It's pretty sad after he ran from the law for petty everything like shoplifting (he's rich), and speeding all the way up to drug possessions, then getting thrown into a tough slammer for a few years only to get out and suddenly die like that. I'm certainly shocked. I swore the radio said T-Dotty dies suddenly, but then they started playing one of his tracks and figured it out then.

Not much else to say than it's a sad sad day when you see a clown cry and even sadder when Big Baby Jesus/Dirt Dog/ Dirt McGirt dies like that. Given the guys history I thought he'd go out in one of the craziest fashions ever, not that I'd like for it to have happened, but it's kind of what one would expect given the guys reputation to be a complete nut at times.

If you have the chance, look for some of his new tracks on some P2P cause they're just as crazy as anything he did before he was locked up, then go out and buy his album, if they decide to release it, if you liked what you heard. He had probably one of the only rap styles I could stomach out of any other rap artist, so I'll certainly miss him and miss hearing about some of the things he'd gotten himself into.

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